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by Ex Libris on February 15, 2016

The Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Writing Program and 2016 Writing Contest

The Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing (MVICW) will be hosting their annual workshop and residency program on July 10-16 & 17. The program costs $1,500 to attend including cost of room and board. MVICW does offer multiple need and merit based scholarships for the program; find details here. MVICW is also holding a writing contest this year. Two first prize winners receive $,1500 covering the full retreat package (including tuition and lodging) and two second prize winners receive $500 toward tuition. Contest details can be found here. Find full details on the MVICW website, including instructors, judges, a schedule of events, and… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on February 9, 2016

Reminder: Tent Residency Deadline Approaching

Now in it its fourth year, Tent: Creative Writing welcomes aspiring and practicing writers to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, to workshop, read, and talk about craft and literary history. Tent: Creative Writing is a free week of workshops, literary seminars, and conversations for twenty writers of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, in their twenties and early thirties, who are curious about connections between Jewishness and contemporary culture. This year’s workshop leaders will be Sam Lipsyte (fiction), Lisa Olstein (poetry), and Eileen Pollack (nonfiction), and the Yiddish Book Center’s academic director Josh Lambert. The… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 7, 2016

Residency Opportunity with Tent: Creative Writing

Now in it its fourth year, Tent: Creative Writing welcomes aspiring and practicing writers to the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, to workshop, read, and talk about craft and literary history. Tent: Creative Writing is a free week of workshops, literary seminars, and conversations for twenty writers of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, in their twenties and early thirties, who are curious about connections between Jewishness and contemporary culture. This year’s workshop leaders will be Sam Lipsyte (fiction), Lisa Olstein (poetry), and Eileen Pollack (nonfiction), and the Yiddish Book Center’s academic director Josh Lambert. The… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 7, 2016

Study Creative Writing in Northern Ireland

The Institute for Education in International Media (ieiMedia) is an independent study abroad service currently accepting students for their creative writing program in Armagh, Ireland. The program takes place this summer from July 1st to the 31st in Armagh, one of Ireland’s oldest cities. The program is searching for students in the fields of creative writing, communications, playwriting, theatre studies, Irish studies, literature, poetry, and story telling. Interested students can visit the program website for further details.

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